Disgraced hip-hop mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs request for bail has been tuned and he will continue to be held without bail, a judge ruled Wednesday evening.
Diddy is facing charges including sex trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy.
Judge Andrew Carter denied bail and ordered Combs remanded into custody, where his attorney said he would be held in the special housing unit of Metropolitan Detention Center-Brooklyn, ABC reports.
Carter was further quoted as saying the government had provided sufficient evidence Combs was a danger to the community and a danger to obstruct justice and intimidate witnesses. Carter said the defense’s proposed bail package was “insufficient.”
Combs did not appear to react but had his eyes cast downward while seated at the defense table.
Departing court Wednesday evening, the music mogul’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, announced that he planned to appeal the judge’s ruling again.
“The fight continues, we’re not giving up by a long shot,” Agnifilo told reporters outside the courthouse, adding, that while it’s still up in the air whether Combs would waive his right to a speedy trial, as his lawyer he would “do everything I can to move this trial as fast as possible,” though he’d “much prefer to do that with him out of jail.”
“Mr. Combs has maintained he’s innocent,” Agnifilo said. “He’s a smart guy, he knows what he did and what he didn’t do, he knows what he intended and didn’t intend and I believe him… he’s a man who knows what it’s like to have a jury of 12 New Yorkers look at you and say ‘not guilty’ and he’s looking forward to that happening again.”
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